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this is r t now the pentagon wants those fighting us wars from afar to be firmly in the spotlight defense secretary leon panetta has announced the creation of a distinguished warfare medal it will be handed out to a joystick wielding drone pilots who waste their battles without even setting foot in the combat zones earlier in the program ati's are going to go explain to me what it takes to get the award. so you're sitting here you have a joystick and you point click and they get an award essentially that's all it takes to get it to get a medal which is supposed to rank higher than the bronze medal which is given out to people who actually perform combat duty but according to the pentagon criteria i'm going to cite it here it will be recognizing a single act that directly affects the combat operation does not involve an act of valor and war incident word higher than the bronze medal so instead of having to go to the front line and risk the extreme bloody violence there you can just sit in your recliner with a joystick and maybe a couple for example and just wage war from about a thousand m
this is r t now the pentagon wants those fighting us wars from afar to be firmly in the spotlight defense secretary leon panetta has announced the creation of a distinguished warfare medal it will be handed out to a joystick wielding drone pilots who waste their battles without even setting foot in the combat zones earlier in the program ati's are going to go explain to me what it takes to get the award. so you're sitting here you have a joystick and you point click and they get an award...
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this is now the pentagon wants those fighting us wars from afar to be firmly in the spotlight defense secretary leon panetta has announced the creation of a distinguished warfare medal it will be handed out to a joystick wielding drone pilots to wage their battles without even setting foot in the combat zones earlier in the program on tuesday when to explain to me what it takes to get the award. so you're sitting here you have a joystick and you point click and then get an award as a sleeve that's all it takes to get it to get a medal which is supposed to rank higher than the bronze medal which is you know given out to people who actually perform combat duty but according to the pentagon criteria i'm going to cite it here it will be recognizing a single act that directly affects the combat operation does not involve an act of valor and warrants that award higher than the bronze medal so instead of having to go to the front line and risk the extreme bloody violence there you can just sit in your recliner with a joystick and maybe a couple for example and just wage war from about a thou
this is now the pentagon wants those fighting us wars from afar to be firmly in the spotlight defense secretary leon panetta has announced the creation of a distinguished warfare medal it will be handed out to a joystick wielding drone pilots to wage their battles without even setting foot in the combat zones earlier in the program on tuesday when to explain to me what it takes to get the award. so you're sitting here you have a joystick and you point click and then get an award as a sleeve...
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talking up enormous civilian casualties with its war on terror drone program and the pentagon announces a brand new medal for those at the remote joysticks the death machine. well the very welcome to you from all of us here at moscow. with your news from around the world. libya's security forces are on high alert fearing provocations and antigovernment protests because some libyans are demanding a second revolution and this comes on the second anniversary of the uprising that toppled colonel qadhafi let's get reaction now from. libya expert. good to see you today thanks for coming on so quickly two years on what is the current situation in libya like it's looking all rosy. today now the situation is very that because they're trying to to you know to push the people down to keep the people in the houses so there is no problem because i think they're afraid of a big big demonstrations like a date with not a worse you know. we're not a was so there are saying to the people if you come out we will be hard with you they are taking people to the prisons airplanes are full eyeing on the you kn
talking up enormous civilian casualties with its war on terror drone program and the pentagon announces a brand new medal for those at the remote joysticks the death machine. well the very welcome to you from all of us here at moscow. with your news from around the world. libya's security forces are on high alert fearing provocations and antigovernment protests because some libyans are demanding a second revolution and this comes on the second anniversary of the uprising that toppled colonel...
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norm of civilian casualties with its war on terror drone program and the pentagon announces a brand new medal for those at the remote joysticks the death machine. well a very welcome to you from all of us here at. news from around the world. libya's security forces are on high. fearing provocations and antigovernment protests because some libyans are demanding a second revolution and this comes on the second anniversary of the uprising that toppled colonel qadhafi let's get reaction now from. libya. good to see you today thanks for coming on so quickly to years on what is the current situation in libya like it's looking all rosy. well today now the situation is very that because they're trying to to you know to push the people down to keep the people in the houses so there is no problem because i think they're afraid of a big big demonstrations like a date with not to with you know. where not to was so there are saying to the people if you come out we will be hard with you they are taking people to the prisons airplanes are full eyeing on the you know war airplanes are flying off the ai
norm of civilian casualties with its war on terror drone program and the pentagon announces a brand new medal for those at the remote joysticks the death machine. well a very welcome to you from all of us here at. news from around the world. libya's security forces are on high. fearing provocations and antigovernment protests because some libyans are demanding a second revolution and this comes on the second anniversary of the uprising that toppled colonel qadhafi let's get reaction now from....
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. >> pelley: want pentagon orders cutses bought of the federal budget impasse. shipyard workers may be the fers to go. the beauty and the blade-- a sports hero is arrested in the murder of a model. mark phillips has the story. and anthony mason with history for sale, memories of the life and death of a president. >> 12: 52, 1:00, my president is dead. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. 4,000 people who have been adrift at sea for four days are finally nearing shore tonight. this is a live image of the carnival cruise ship "triumph" as she is towed in to mobile bay, alabama, this evening. she is expected to dock in just a few hours. she left galveston, texas, a week ago, loaded with her maximum 3,143 passengers and a crew of 1100. the brochure described a four-day cruise in the caribbean, but an engine room fire left her adrift and powerless. all aboard have suffered in squalid conditions, stranded as carnival slowly brought the ship in. we sent ana werner out today for an early look. >> reporter
. >> pelley: want pentagon orders cutses bought of the federal budget impasse. shipyard workers may be the fers to go. the beauty and the blade-- a sports hero is arrested in the murder of a model. mark phillips has the story. and anthony mason with history for sale, memories of the life and death of a president. >> 12: 52, 1:00, my president is dead. captioning sponsored by cbs this is the "cbs evening news" with scott pelley. >> pelley: good evening. 4,000 people...
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we just got word from the pentagon that panetta is heading to california tonight, to monterrey. the ride is also getting bumpy for the president's choice as top spy master. the complication and confusion continues to multiply surrounding what happened last september 11. both in libya and back here in washington. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge has an update. >> the president's pick to lead the c.i.a. counterterrorism advisor john brennan faces new and up comfortable obstacles about the benghazi terrorist attack and the administration handling of the suspect al-harzi. this letter pushes them to explain disparity between his sworn testimony and that of former secretary of state hillary clinton. >> they insisted that the tunisia authorities did not have the evidence to keep him in custody. >> tunisias did not have a basis in their law to hold him. >> so they released him? >> they did. >> where is he? >> still in tunisia. >> it doesn't sound like a good system to work with partners. >> they work the way we do. >> f.b.i. interviewed him for two hours in december a
we just got word from the pentagon that panetta is heading to california tonight, to monterrey. the ride is also getting bumpy for the president's choice as top spy master. the complication and confusion continues to multiply surrounding what happened last september 11. both in libya and back here in washington. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge has an update. >> the president's pick to lead the c.i.a. counterterrorism advisor john brennan faces new and up comfortable...
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jennifer griffin at the pentagon, thank you. jenna: new information on foreclose sure in our country. the new numbers and what they could mean for the housing market overall. >>> plus a baby boy's life saved. it's a heart-warming story, literally for valentine's day. how it happened next. house rule number 14. a great cup of coffee should be easy as one, two... well, just one. new single serve cafe collections from maxwell house now available for use in the keurig k-cup brewer. always good to the last drop. [ male announcer ] the rhythm of life. [ whistle blowing ] where do you hear that beat? campbell's healthy request soup lets you hear it... in your heart. [ basketball bouncing ] heart healthy. great taste. mmm... [ male announcer ] sounds good. it's amazing what soup can do. jon: a baby boy born with a condition that made his heart rate speedway up is alive today thanks to what doctors call a freezing treatment. little edward ives was born with a heart rate nearly double of that a typical infant. he had a 5% chance of surviv
jennifer griffin at the pentagon, thank you. jenna: new information on foreclose sure in our country. the new numbers and what they could mean for the housing market overall. >>> plus a baby boy's life saved. it's a heart-warming story, literally for valentine's day. how it happened next. house rule number 14. a great cup of coffee should be easy as one, two... well, just one. new single serve cafe collections from maxwell house now available for use in the keurig k-cup brewer. always...
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as you know, this is i believe my final press conference here at the pentagon briefing room. there are moments when i thought i was part of the last act of an italian opera and i'm not sure exactly when it would end. i think that the congress will act, and that they will confirm chuck hagel this week. what i wanted to do was come down and use this opportunity to first of all thank you all, all of you that are part of the press corps here and the press in general. throughout my 50 years in public service, i have always believed, believed very deeply in the role of the press. because i believe deeply in the role of the american people in our democracy, information is a key to an informed electorate. and while we may or may not agree with every story, in the grand scheme of things, because of the work of the press, i believe the truth always comes out and in and, we cannot really serve the american people well ms we deal with the truth. and so my thanks to all of you for the role you play in helping present that to the american people. what i would like to do is obviously throug
as you know, this is i believe my final press conference here at the pentagon briefing room. there are moments when i thought i was part of the last act of an italian opera and i'm not sure exactly when it would end. i think that the congress will act, and that they will confirm chuck hagel this week. what i wanted to do was come down and use this opportunity to first of all thank you all, all of you that are part of the press corps here and the press in general. throughout my 50 years in...
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the government has an obligation to protect the pentagon. the government does not have an obligation to protect you or fox news or me or "the new york times." so what's the government going to do? the government is going to share information with major internet providers. and pretty soon it's going to say to the internet providers, all that information we gave you about us, we now want information about you. we want to know about kilmeade's e-mails. we're worried about him. we want to know who he's pha*eulg -- e-mailing so we can keep him safe. baloney. protect the government, but leave the rest of us with privacy. if you're going to interfere with the internet, should it be done by the command of one person -- the president -- or should it be done after great national debate and the congress? >>gretchen: what happened with -- >>brian: what happened with quest communications? >> the c.e.o. ended up in jail. >>brian: that's what you're worried about. judge napolitano, thank you so much. senator john mccain is just as upset as you. on this sho
the government has an obligation to protect the pentagon. the government does not have an obligation to protect you or fox news or me or "the new york times." so what's the government going to do? the government is going to share information with major internet providers. and pretty soon it's going to say to the internet providers, all that information we gave you about us, we now want information about you. we want to know about kilmeade's e-mails. we're worried about him. we want to...
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some republican lawmakers the pentagon itself is partly to blame. jd gordon, former defense department spokesman for donald rumsfeld and robert gates. honor to have you on our program. >> honor to be here, bill. bill: what do you think about what he is making the point he is making? >> understand that he is frustrated but you know i think a lot of frustration should go back to the obama administration. it was the obama administration insist we have sequester if the debt super-committee failed to reach an agreement and they failed to reach an agreement. i remember very specifically at one of the presidential debates president obama told governor romney sequestration is not going to happen. two weeks away and looks like it will happen. it will be devastating for the military. we're talking about curtailed military operations around the globe. reduced funding for mint nance and training. 800,000 dod citizens are looking for furlough or forced time without pay. this will be devastating and we're just getting started with sequestration. bill: the last po
some republican lawmakers the pentagon itself is partly to blame. jd gordon, former defense department spokesman for donald rumsfeld and robert gates. honor to have you on our program. >> honor to be here, bill. bill: what do you think about what he is making the point he is making? >> understand that he is frustrated but you know i think a lot of frustration should go back to the obama administration. it was the obama administration insist we have sequester if the debt...
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operations that remain on the gao's high risk list, including the usual suspects, medicare, medicaid, pentagon acquisitions, the postal service. but the gal has added two others to the list this time around. which covers operations vulnerable to waste and fraud and abuse and mismanagement. the first is the government's overall management of programs that deal with weather events and possible climate change, and disaster relief programs.ce the gao is not weighing in here on the science of climate change just a financial risk to taxpayers of these programs, which are paid out well over several years. also weather satellite systems, which the gao says are not being managed well enough to ensure good weather tracking and warnings. >> the folks at the gao give us a to do list. high risk ways of wasting money. you don't have to be liberal or conservative. no one wants to waste money. >> the one piece of good news, the computer geeks at the irs have now made enough existing fixes to the agency's troubled 10 billion-dollar computer modernization program to finally get it off the list. it went on the l
operations that remain on the gao's high risk list, including the usual suspects, medicare, medicaid, pentagon acquisitions, the postal service. but the gal has added two others to the list this time around. which covers operations vulnerable to waste and fraud and abuse and mismanagement. the first is the government's overall management of programs that deal with weather events and possible climate change, and disaster relief programs.ce the gao is not weighing in here on the science of...
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. >> well, there are an awful lot of important issue that is relate to the pentagon and to the u.s. military that will just be held in abians -- >> what do you think the british military and the french think when leon panetta turns up? >> well, they like leon panetta but what they will think is what they have been thinking for the last 2 1/2 years, is that the republican party in the united states has gone off the rails and is obstructing the normal order of business of the world's only super power, and this is the first time, martin, in the history of the defense department going back to the 1940s that there's been a filibuster of a nominee to head that department and i would wager that if it went to its predecessor that the department of war going all the way back in american history, this has never been done. these people are out of control in their obstructionism and the only thing to do is fight them all the way, and there are new tools that the president unveiled in his state of the union to do that with. the president should go to enlisted personnel, retired enlisted personne
. >> well, there are an awful lot of important issue that is relate to the pentagon and to the u.s. military that will just be held in abians -- >> what do you think the british military and the french think when leon panetta turns up? >> well, they like leon panetta but what they will think is what they have been thinking for the last 2 1/2 years, is that the republican party in the united states has gone off the rails and is obstructing the normal order of business of the...
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we're watching the pentagon this morning. defense secretary leon panetta will be hosting the event on his last day in office. hillary clinton is being honored for her four years as secretary of state during which she traveled more than 1 million miles and visited 1 -- 112 countries. >>> in just hours, the national rifle association will directly respond to president obama's state of the union address. the nra rejects the president's gun control proposal. as kyla campbell reports from our washington, d.c. newsroom, this is all happening as the california congresswoman joins other moms against gun violence today. >> reporter: jackie speier is joining with group moms rising which has more than 1 million members online. speier and members from that group will deliver a petition with 150,000 signatures to lawmakers. that's asking the nra to back off and urging company to boat on the proposals. the nra's vice president and ceo wayne la pierre will directly respond to the president's state of the union address later today in wake of
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as is widely recognized, sequestration over the next 10 years apply to the pentagon budget would only reduce it in inflation adjusted terms to what it was in 2007 a. the most powerful military in the world -- 2007, as the most powerful military in the world engaged in a war in iraq and the challenge in afghanistan. if members of congress pay attention to the facts, they will see a clear path to dramatically reduce pentagon spending without undermining america's position as being the most powerful nation on the planet. and nobody has done a better job of highlighting a path forward, an area of opportunity, than walter pinkus writhing on the pages of the "washington post" over the last couple years as he details the sweep of our nuclear weapons program and the spending trajectory. this morning's latest offering should be required reading for every member of congress and the ones who whine the loutest should be forced to read it -- loudest should be forced to read it twice. he details a vast array of nuclear weapons already deployed, ready to be deployed within 30 minutes, a relic of our
as is widely recognized, sequestration over the next 10 years apply to the pentagon budget would only reduce it in inflation adjusted terms to what it was in 2007 a. the most powerful military in the world -- 2007, as the most powerful military in the world engaged in a war in iraq and the challenge in afghanistan. if members of congress pay attention to the facts, they will see a clear path to dramatically reduce pentagon spending without undermining america's position as being the most...
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there are still good people at the pentagon and i'm sure they will do a good job, but we should have that secretary of defense, one of the most critical appointments in the president's cabinet filled. this notion that we have to make a political stand here and stop chuck hagel today to make some political point really troubles me. some of the requests for information about chuck hagel go beyond any of the standards of disclosure we have ever seen before. this isn't fair. it isn't fair to chuck hagel, it isn't fair to the president, it certainly isn't fair to the men and women in uniform all across the united states and around the world who are risking their lives for this country. those who come to the floor and say in ten days, he'll be fine. for goodness sakes, let' swallow your pride. let's fill phil this spot. let's not have this sad, historic filibuster on this appointment to the president's cabinet. i really hope my colleagues will reflect on what chuck hagel has meant in his live, his service to the country, his service to the state of nebraska and his service to this nation a
there are still good people at the pentagon and i'm sure they will do a good job, but we should have that secretary of defense, one of the most critical appointments in the president's cabinet filled. this notion that we have to make a political stand here and stop chuck hagel today to make some political point really troubles me. some of the requests for information about chuck hagel go beyond any of the standards of disclosure we have ever seen before. this isn't fair. it isn't fair to chuck...
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individuals to not pay their fair share but look at the ongoing waste, fraud and abuse going on at the pentagon. i can't for the life of me figure out how we can budget when the single largest discretionary item on our budget cannot be audited. we need them to have an audit to know where our tax dollars are going and set priorities. let me ask you about the c.b.o. report on the american recovery and investment act. i would like to ask you, mr. director, can you explain how our government's targeted investment and the american people and in our nation's critical infrastructure, how that created jobs and how it helped to begin to grow the economy. and also if we invested in a program that provided coordinated benefits and social services that listed the long- term economic stability and incomes, say half the families living in poverty, what impact would that have overall in terms of our economic growth? >> as you know, we have estimated consistently for the past four years that the recovery act taking effect at the time it did with the economic circumstances that the country faced, increased outp
individuals to not pay their fair share but look at the ongoing waste, fraud and abuse going on at the pentagon. i can't for the life of me figure out how we can budget when the single largest discretionary item on our budget cannot be audited. we need them to have an audit to know where our tax dollars are going and set priorities. let me ask you about the c.b.o. report on the american recovery and investment act. i would like to ask you, mr. director, can you explain how our government's...
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businesses do not pay their fair share, but also look at the ongoing waste, fraud and abuse over at the pentagon. i can't figure out how we can budget when the single largest discretionary item cannot be audited. we can get to know where the money and tax dollars are going and adequately set priorities. let me ask you about the cbo report on the american recovery and reinvestment not. i'd like to just ask you this, director. can you explain our targeted investment in the american people in our nation's critical infrastructure, high that created jobs and help to begin to grow the economy and also if we invested in a program to provide a coordinated benefits and social services that listed long-term economic stability and income, half of families in poverty, what impact would that be and what impact would that have in terms of our economic growth? >> congresswoman, as you know, we've estimate it consistently for the past four years that the recovery act taking effect at the time it did with economic circumstances the country phase increased output and jobs relative to what would've happened in the
businesses do not pay their fair share, but also look at the ongoing waste, fraud and abuse over at the pentagon. i can't figure out how we can budget when the single largest discretionary item cannot be audited. we can get to know where the money and tax dollars are going and adequately set priorities. let me ask you about the cbo report on the american recovery and reinvestment not. i'd like to just ask you this, director. can you explain our targeted investment in the american people in our...
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. >> as you know, tracy, half of those spending cuts would be in defense, in pentagon spending. trace? tracy: certainly will. tell us what is going on with chuck hagel to be the next defense secretary. we're hearing that is on rocky ground, huh? >> a lot of high drama in that today. tomorrow democratic leader harry reid scheduled a vote on the nomination and republicans are threatening to filibuster it. now this would be the first time that in history we believe that, if it is successful that a cabinet nominee will have been filibustered. some republicans want more information about benghazi which senator hagel testified on. they want more information about some controversial speeches that he may have made. and there is, though there is some talk that perhaps, while they try to work through the process, and avoid the filibuster vote which could be embarrassing they might end up delaying it until congress comes back from its recess. trace? tracy: drama in d.c. peter barnes. who would have thought. ashley: just for a change. tracy: who would have thought. ashley: thank you. it is
. >> as you know, tracy, half of those spending cuts would be in defense, in pentagon spending. trace? tracy: certainly will. tell us what is going on with chuck hagel to be the next defense secretary. we're hearing that is on rocky ground, huh? >> a lot of high drama in that today. tomorrow democratic leader harry reid scheduled a vote on the nomination and republicans are threatening to filibuster it. now this would be the first time that in history we believe that, if it is...